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for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worst when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long, long history of it. and eliot spitzer, arnold schwarzenegger, john edwards, these guys -- david petraeus had nothing on alexander hamilton. and what we find is if you read, for example, letters written by martha washington during those winter camps, she was tough. she was like a soldier. she didn't complain about the weather, she didn't complain about the harsh conditions, but she did complain about one thing. there was a tom cat one winter that was misbehaving, and it was noisy, noisy, and it kept her awake at night, so she nicknamed the tom cat alexander hamilton. [laughter] i also did a book a few years ago called "life in the white house," and it was about the presidents at ease. what do they eat? what hobbies do they have? what are they like as fathers and husbands? how did their their kids turn out? as another way of assess l presidential character, providing us with another lens. for example, we're all still trying to figure out dick nixon, right
for example, bill clinton was not the first, and bill clinton was not the worst when it comes to misbehavior in high office. there's a long, long history of it. and eliot spitzer, arnold schwarzenegger, john edwards, these guys -- david petraeus had nothing on alexander hamilton. and what we find is if you read, for example, letters written by martha washington during those winter camps, she was tough. she was like a soldier. she didn't complain about the weather, she didn't complain about the...
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it is practiced to the detriment because i don't have the chance to come up with the idea with the clinton the eye or the disappointment something going on that has nothing to do that we're talking about that stops you from doing your assignment but i cannot do that unless i am with you. those of the changes i see and they worry me. >> host: finally, with your book "always on" u.s. the question how much to blame that can be laid at the feet of technology themselves? >> i do. with thin ice example of what i believe is the case my students are lousy with punctuation they don't have a clue what to do with us ; or:or a, a sprinkle them like croutons on a caesar salad. it is not their fault they say they rely on spell check. but kindergarten through high school did anyone really focus on spelling? no. because the faculty is thinking i need to focus on other things to be of modern skis. it is not the students' fault. if we change expectations of goals in education instead of reflecting were being by yourself and thinking and reading for a long period of time with no distractions if students don'
it is practiced to the detriment because i don't have the chance to come up with the idea with the clinton the eye or the disappointment something going on that has nothing to do that we're talking about that stops you from doing your assignment but i cannot do that unless i am with you. those of the changes i see and they worry me. >> host: finally, with your book "always on" u.s. the question how much to blame that can be laid at the feet of technology themselves? >> i...
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raising the quota to 50% by the end of the clinton administration and to 55% in the bush administration. statements by hud throughout this period made clear that the agency's intention was to reduce the underwriting standards that were prevail anything the market -- prevailing in the market in order to make mortgage credit available to a larger number of borrowers. there is no ambiguity about issue. it was difficult for fannie and freddie to find prime quality mortgages among borrowers who were at or below the median income, especially when the quota had been raised to 50%. is so in the mid 1990s, they began to reduce their underwriting standards, accepting 3% down payments by 1995 and zero down payments by the year 2000. acceptable borrower fico scores, credit scores, were also reduced. because fannie and freddie were the dominant players in a largely -- and largely set the standards for the housing market and the mortgage market, these lower underwriting requirements spread throughout the market, not just to those mortgages that qualified for the affordable housing goals. the availabi
raising the quota to 50% by the end of the clinton administration and to 55% in the bush administration. statements by hud throughout this period made clear that the agency's intention was to reduce the underwriting standards that were prevail anything the market -- prevailing in the market in order to make mortgage credit available to a larger number of borrowers. there is no ambiguity about issue. it was difficult for fannie and freddie to find prime quality mortgages among borrowers who were...
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block of academics have looked at the clinton administration and they didn't find any benefit in terms of crime rate. it didn't change. the only guns are banned were the ones that put the way they function. that also covered magazine faces. but i don't think the president wants to go and try to argue banning all semi automatic. he must military weapons, which is incorrect. you know, the reason why he doesn't is because most gun in the united states who could classify semi automatic weapons and people know the benefit. if you had action we kept on pulling back and looking at yourself, you're not going to do a fire very quickly. i found seven cases in december without trying for at least 10 shots were fired by victims to defend themselves and that's because you'd have three or four burglars break and simultaneously into their home. i think the president wants to make that claim. instead they go after small group of weapons based on how they look and i think they're going to have a hard time at the state level is a different story. >> thank you so much, dr. lott. >> thank you so much. app
block of academics have looked at the clinton administration and they didn't find any benefit in terms of crime rate. it didn't change. the only guns are banned were the ones that put the way they function. that also covered magazine faces. but i don't think the president wants to go and try to argue banning all semi automatic. he must military weapons, which is incorrect. you know, the reason why he doesn't is because most gun in the united states who could classify semi automatic weapons and...
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and clinton is not a millionaire. smart money going into the land for peace, not influencing policymakers. and the city you are proposing may not be democratic but focusing on philanthropic efforts to change policies in ways that if you prefer is located. >> thank you. we will take a couple questions to take a picture. are you all waiting too was the back across. >> select four add another time. >> i am a journalist. i am attracted to the idea of cities trading information to see great ideas like transportation coming out of places like brazil. is the question about a whack of ideas, that we don't know what to do or going back to fraces fox piven's question behind her comments, the question of the power to get it done versus the power of those who profit from things not getting done. i would like to ask as a practical matter, you said the big issue was global warming. i would say the big issue is probably unique quality and the power, the world is brought to whitneits knees by banks run wi. how would you take on and c
and clinton is not a millionaire. smart money going into the land for peace, not influencing policymakers. and the city you are proposing may not be democratic but focusing on philanthropic efforts to change policies in ways that if you prefer is located. >> thank you. we will take a couple questions to take a picture. are you all waiting too was the back across. >> select four add another time. >> i am a journalist. i am attracted to the idea of cities trading information to...
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in making us forget the things he did. >> obviously, nixon didn't -- at his funeral, you know, bill clinton sort of said let's not judge, there will come a time when we won't judge his entire life by this one thing. i think we take a broad wither view of nixon now. this was, the war was jonathan's war. he had told sulzberger the u.s. can't fold. he was a cold warrior. i think it was a great tragedy, 58,000 americans died in that war, and 18,000 died while nixon was president, and they didn't have to. they were stuck there. but i don't -- but i don't think, i don't think -- i think he became a valuable counselor in some ways. and i think, and i think people, i think people will never forget what he did. he was, so i don't think eradicate is the right word, but people began to sort of, i think we're going to begin to see him for all his personal quirks and for all the darkness in him, the farther away we get from him, sort of the wider the perspective, the more interesting view we'll have of him, i hope. >> i disagree slightly. [laughter] i think there was an effort made to alter public perce
in making us forget the things he did. >> obviously, nixon didn't -- at his funeral, you know, bill clinton sort of said let's not judge, there will come a time when we won't judge his entire life by this one thing. i think we take a broad wither view of nixon now. this was, the war was jonathan's war. he had told sulzberger the u.s. can't fold. he was a cold warrior. i think it was a great tragedy, 58,000 americans died in that war, and 18,000 died while nixon was president, and they...
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>> at his funeral, bill clinton sort of said let's not judge, they will come a time when we don't judge his entire presidency by his one mistake. he was in public life or 50 years. i think they're taking a broader view of nixon now. the warp was johnson's war. he had told people the u.s. can't fool. he was a cold warrior. this was a great tragedy. 58,000 americans died in network, and 18,000 of them died while nixon was president. they didn't have to. but i don't think -- i think people will never forget what he did. so don't take it medicaid is the right word but i think we'll begin to see him for all his personal quirks, the farther the way -- away we get from them, the wider perspective that we are interesting view will have on them, i hope spent i disagree slightly with it. i think there was an effort made to alter public perceptions. i think richard nixon had a lot to offer as president on foreign policy. one of the things i have to say that richard nixon is he believed in the big play, or you call it a hail mary pass. he was willing to take huge risks. not all presidents are will
>> at his funeral, bill clinton sort of said let's not judge, they will come a time when we don't judge his entire presidency by his one mistake. he was in public life or 50 years. i think they're taking a broader view of nixon now. the warp was johnson's war. he had told people the u.s. can't fool. he was a cold warrior. this was a great tragedy. 58,000 americans died in network, and 18,000 of them died while nixon was president. they didn't have to. but i don't think -- i think people...
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that is what hillary clinton said. i could have stayed home and baked cookies and people were appalled. >> i want to read a quote that speaks to this from "the feminine mystique: 50 years" which shows what was. as women move into the work place. she wrote another hazard a woman facing on her way out of attracting to hostility of other housewives. and over and over again said she was for choice. she did not say you must get a top level job. she said you need to be free to choose what kind of life you want which includes work or may not. she was not -- even though i looked at "the feminine mystique: 50 years" again, not very kind to the housewife staying home. i think politically she saw very quickly you cannot dismiss many hundreds and thousands of people, you have to respect them and make it possible for them to feel pride in themselves or they will come and kill you. >> you don't want to be denigrating. i don't think it is in feminism's interest or the interest of reality to be denigrating how difficult child care, th
that is what hillary clinton said. i could have stayed home and baked cookies and people were appalled. >> i want to read a quote that speaks to this from "the feminine mystique: 50 years" which shows what was. as women move into the work place. she wrote another hazard a woman facing on her way out of attracting to hostility of other housewives. and over and over again said she was for choice. she did not say you must get a top level job. she said you need to be free to choose...
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what will hillary clinton's legacy, what will history look back and say, of hillary clinton time as secretary of state? you are her fans and art critics and our people in between. let me just to you a little bit what i heard. we heard her critics say what has she a cheap? nothing with north korea, nothing with a rant. the relations with pakistan is perhaps better but it's still a mess. what has she achieve. that's a very valid point. that aren't necessarily piece of paper she can hold up and say this is a she signed with this country. you have her fans, or the people who like her approach to diplomacy, who will say, when she really did was change the way the u.s. does business around the world and tried to apply this concept of smart power where you come in her own words, use all the tools in the toolbox of american diplomacy, developer, defense, and -- development, defense and diplomacy, of course. so i think that anyone will be part of her legacy. but it's very much a work in progress and we have to see whether building on that continues. with a new secretary of state, with the second term
what will hillary clinton's legacy, what will history look back and say, of hillary clinton time as secretary of state? you are her fans and art critics and our people in between. let me just to you a little bit what i heard. we heard her critics say what has she a cheap? nothing with north korea, nothing with a rant. the relations with pakistan is perhaps better but it's still a mess. what has she achieve. that's a very valid point. that aren't necessarily piece of paper she can hold up and...
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what will hillary clinton's legacy -- what will history look back and say of hillary clinton's time as secretary of state? >> guest: you know, there are her fans and there are her critics and some people in between. let me tell you what i i've heard. we have had her critics who say what has she ahave toed. no peace in the middle east, nothing we iran. the relationship with pakistan is perhaps a little better but still a mess. what has she achieved? that's a very valid point. there are not necessarily pieces of paper she can hold up and say that is the agreement with this country, this achievement there you have her fans or the people who like her approach to diploma who will say, what she really did was change the way the u.s. does business around the world and try to apply this concept of smart power, where you in her own word, deploy all the tools in the toolbox of american diplomacy. development of defense and diplomacy, of course, so i think the vast -- that in a way will be part of her legacy but it's very much a work in progress and we have to see whether building on that continu
what will hillary clinton's legacy -- what will history look back and say of hillary clinton's time as secretary of state? >> guest: you know, there are her fans and there are her critics and some people in between. let me tell you what i i've heard. we have had her critics who say what has she ahave toed. no peace in the middle east, nothing we iran. the relationship with pakistan is perhaps a little better but still a mess. what has she achieved? that's a very valid point. there are not...
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hillary clinton is in a way back. he wasn't in the policy-making aspect of the white house back in the '90s, but she remembers what the interactions were like. rahm emanuel is back. he was by bill clinton's side not necessarily devising policy on the middle east either, but certainly an adviser. and now he's there with president obama, and it's sort of -- it sort of informs a little bit of the mood of needing to be bullish b and needing to be strong when it comes to dealing with benjamin netanyahu because everybody's been there before. and i had, um, you know, american officials tell me, you know, benjamin netanyahu thinks that he can, you know, wait this out until we leave, but, you know, we're going to be here longer than him. so we can just, you know, try to move the ball forward a little bit here and there until he's edged out of, you know, the political scene pause that's just the nature of politics in israel. but, you know, benjamin netanyahu's just been reelected. so there were a series of miscalculations. but
hillary clinton is in a way back. he wasn't in the policy-making aspect of the white house back in the '90s, but she remembers what the interactions were like. rahm emanuel is back. he was by bill clinton's side not necessarily devising policy on the middle east either, but certainly an adviser. and now he's there with president obama, and it's sort of -- it sort of informs a little bit of the mood of needing to be bullish b and needing to be strong when it comes to dealing with benjamin...
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. >> what do you think of bill clinton? >> i think bill clinton is probably the finest communicator that has ever inhabited the white house. i think that if they ever break down and invite me over there, as i've asked them to do on numerous occasions, i probably would have a great evening talking to him. i think he's probably one of the friendliest people that has ever occupied that office. but i do not believe that he is what he represents himself to be. i find, of all of the promises that he made during the campaign, virtually to be null and void. abortion, for example. he said he wanted to make them safe, legal, and rare. well, he certainly continues to make them legal, but anything but rare. and a number of other things. i mean, from the whole gay rights thing-- he told them one thing, he's doing another; to taxes, and the rest. so i think he realized that the country was not going to elect a liberal, so he put a conservative face on, but the truth is coming out now. >> talk from your perspective about the ronald reagan
. >> what do you think of bill clinton? >> i think bill clinton is probably the finest communicator that has ever inhabited the white house. i think that if they ever break down and invite me over there, as i've asked them to do on numerous occasions, i probably would have a great evening talking to him. i think he's probably one of the friendliest people that has ever occupied that office. but i do not believe that he is what he represents himself to be. i find, of all of the...
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what is a democrat running let's say it's hillary clinton or a republican running or let's say it is chris christi for example, what do they need to keep in mind when targeting this particular generation? >> guest: i think that this generation wants to hear a positive message and be brought into the table because this generation has been put on the chopping block and a lot of ways on the political process we've been left out and i also love to see them engaging more young people in their campaigns. i think one of the reasons -- young people always work on campaigns but there were more people who work on the political campaigns in 2008 than any in history. more people were engaged in that process and it a candidate that can bring those people in really can help usher in a movement because if you look what happened in 2008 in the long run of history i believe that the campaign of barack obama will be much more important than his election to the development of the generation because that campaign engaged so many people who have now gone on to do so many different things and create a spa
what is a democrat running let's say it's hillary clinton or a republican running or let's say it is chris christi for example, what do they need to keep in mind when targeting this particular generation? >> guest: i think that this generation wants to hear a positive message and be brought into the table because this generation has been put on the chopping block and a lot of ways on the political process we've been left out and i also love to see them engaging more young people in their...
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arab spring and you think about part of that where joseph knight talks about smart power and hillary clinton did a lot of work on that as well, that culture and ideas and the ability for people to know what's going on in other parts of the world and be inspired by that. there's a lot of that going on in terms of exchange of ideas between global peers in the ability during the protests in wisconsin on the collective bargaining issues. they were young people who are holding up signs that said walk like an egyptian which i thought was a great way of showing that local connectedness. those people felt inspired by what was going on in the arab spring around the same time and there was some kind of -- young people holding up the signs having that solidarity so that's a good way of thinking about the ability to, both from the west to other countries back to the west that young people are inspired and engage with their global peers. >> host: there has been criticism that young people have not been engaged in politics, in meaningful ways and they be their engagement feels cursory or superficial. does
arab spring and you think about part of that where joseph knight talks about smart power and hillary clinton did a lot of work on that as well, that culture and ideas and the ability for people to know what's going on in other parts of the world and be inspired by that. there's a lot of that going on in terms of exchange of ideas between global peers in the ability during the protests in wisconsin on the collective bargaining issues. they were young people who are holding up signs that said...